I was certainly surprised to see that somebody went to the trouble of compiling
some sort of clumsy pseudo-dossier on me, particularly given my general lack
of importance with regard to... well, just about anything, really. It's
apparently amateur hour, given the inaccuracies and conspiratorial tone when
no conspiracy exists, but I'm flattered by the effort. I propose to the source
that he/she find a more worthwhile hobby to pass the time.

2 August 2010

A sends:

In a BBC interview with Adrian Lamo he states that he actually contacted
a friend formerly with Army Counterintelligence to inform on Manning. The
former agent is a man named Timothy Douglas Webster who Lamo has known for
many years. The two met on America Online when they were both involved in
the AOL hacking scene. Mr. Webster [personal information deleted by Cryptome]
and Lamo remain very close friends.

Within the comments of this RawStory article Webster outs himself as a former
Counterintelligence Agent and gives the email tarrant[at]gmail.com

Webster also appears to be active on digitalgangster.com where many current
and former hackers talk in an online forum. Webster uses the forum names
Tarrant, ZombieTarrant, and Tarrant042 to make posts.

Googling Tarrant042 brings up posts at Huffington Post, RawStory,
DigitalGangster, and link to Adrian Lamo's myflick.org account with Tarrant042
added as a friend.